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单词 ruddiness
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ruddinessn.

Brit. /ˈrʌdɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈrədinᵻs/
Forms: Middle English rodynes, 1500s ruddinesse, 1500s ruddynes, 1600s ruddines, 1600s– ruddiness.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ruddy adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < ruddy adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier redness n. Compare also earlier rud n.1
The quality of being ruddy; red or reddish colour, esp. of a person's complexion; an instance of this.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun]
rednesseOE
rudOE
red?c1225
ruddya1387
ruddinessa1398
gulesa1400
rothumc1400
ruddeningc1400
ruddonc1400
rouge1437
rubor?a1450
rossome1527
Mars1572
rubedinousness1599
reddiness1611
scarletness1611
rubetude1657
floridity1713
erubescence1736
floridness1776
fiery1847
raddle1860
the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [noun] > with health
rudOE
colourc1330
ruddinessa1398
rosec1425
livelihood1566
glowa1616
quickness1656
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 45v Gadir þou þe lippis..to tokene defaute and strengþe of vertue by rodynes [L. rubicunditate] & blones þerof.
?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. ix. sig. I.ijv They taught to peynt the blacke of eies, and ruddines of chekes.
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Purpureus Purple colour; blacke mixed with a certaine ruddinesse.
c1610–15 tr. Gregory of Nazianzus Life St. Gorgonia in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 160 That ruddines onelie liked her, which shame~fastnes and bashfullnes produced.
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. App. 317 A face whose ruddiness argued a perfect recovery.
1703 tr. P. Dionis Anat. Humane Bodies Improv'd 39 I do believe that..the Ruddiness which comely persons do use to have in those places, have caused them all to be call'd by the name de la Pommette, in French.
1775 J. Harris Philos. Arrangem. xvi. 390 He that increases in bulk, commonly increases with ruddiness.
1836 J. Grant Random Recoll. House of Lords ix. 197 His complexion is fair, mingled with a good deal of ruddiness.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxi. 146 As the sun sank lower the ruddiness of his light augmented.
1877 Pop. Sci. Monthly Suppl. 364/1 We may well believe that the ruddiness of the soil of Mars is due to the same general cause as the ruddiness of our red sandstone.
1927 Amer. Mercury Nov. 275/2 One sees it in the face, which is not of the cool ruddiness or fine pallor which becomes a Picturesque Statesman.
1985 G. Ehrlich Solace Open Spaces 126 Cottonwoods, willows, and wild rose engorge themselves with every hue of ruddiness—russet, puce, umber, bold, musteline.
2004 Time Out N.Y. 11 Mar. 40 The skin-care mavens..enlisted [a] dermatologist..to devise this superlight gel, which battles postwinter ruddiness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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